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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1: Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who removes the dead rat from Dr Rieux's landing?
(a) Dr Rieux.
(b) M. Othon.
(c) The concierge.
(d) Mrs Rieux.

2. What does Dr. Rieux think about the illness?
(a) He thinks it is plague.
(b) He thinks it is an unknown disease.
(c) He thinks it is tuberculosis.
(d) He thinks it is asthma.

3. What does Rieux ask Jean Tarrou to do for him?
(a) To write to his wife for him.
(b) To write to the local authorities about the rats.
(c) To provide funding for treating plague victims.
(d) To write a journal documenting the plague.

4. Why does Rieux ask Tarrou to do this?
(a) Because he has terrible handwriting.
(b) Because he wants to write an article about it for the Medical Journal.
(c) Because he is too busy to do it himself.
(d) Because he doesn't speak English.

5. Why has the journalist Raymod Rambert come to Oran?
(a) To research suicide deaths in Oran.
(b) To interview the polic magistrate.
(c) To investigate the welfare of Arabs in Oran.
(d) To investigate the plague of rats in Oran.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the focus in the questioning of Cottard?

2. What important meeting takes place?

3. How does the Spaniard spend his days?

4. What causes panic in the town?

5. Why are the townspeople not told the disease is plague?

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